Keystone Kash Goes Off: Patel Accepts Drinking Audit After Senate Showdown
FBI Director Kash Patel clashed with Sen. Chris Van Hollen at a Senate budget hearing over drinking allegations, agreed to take an “audit” to prove his sobriety, and later fired back online with a margarita-related post about Van Hollen and a large bar tab, prompting a public receipts exchange amid wider scrutiny sparked by Atlantic reporting.